Meryl Kusyk

Research interests
Second language acquisition, informal second language learning, complexity accuracy & fluency, psychological & affective factors in language learning, implicit, explicit & incidental learning, language learning and technology

ORCID ID: orcid.org/0009-0004-9964-0346
Web of Science Researcher ID: HJO-8646-2023

Peer reviewer
Applied Linguistics; International Journal of Applied Linguistics; Language Teaching; ReCALL

Recent publications

Arndt, H.L. & Kusyk, M. (2026). Informal second language learning. Language Teaching, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0261444826101219

Kusyk, M., Arndt, H., Schwarz, M., Yibokou, K., Dressman, M., Sockett, G., Toffoli, D. 2025. A scoping review of studies in informal second language learning: Trends in research published between 2000 and 2020. System. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.system.2024.103541

Kusyk, M. 2023. Does informal mean implicit? Exploring the nature of informal second language learning. In D. Toffoli, G. Sockett & M. Kusyk, Language Learning & Leisure: Informal Language Learning in the Digital Age. De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110752441-003

Recent presentations

Kusyk, M., Arndt, H. & Krause, A.K. Foreign language anxiety and enjoyment in classroom-based versus informal learning. (Poster presentation) EuroSLA 34. The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø. June 2025.

Kusyk, M. L’apprentissage informel des langues : Enjeux, défis et tendances d’un champ de recherche émergent. Plenary speaker at Congrès Ranacles: Sorties de cadres dan l'apprentissage et l'enseignement des langues. University of Rouen, France. Novemer 2024.

Kusyk, M. Investigating the learning processes at play in ISLL: Outcomes, challenges & trends. Plenary speaker at The informalisation of English language learning through the media. University of Salento, Italy. February 2024.

Kusyk, M., Schwarz, M. & Arndt, H. A systematic review of methodologies in ISLL from 2000 to 2020. AILA World Congress of Applied Linguistics, Symposium on Methodologies in Informal Second Language Learning: Observing learning in the private sphere. Lyon, France. July 2023.

Kusyk, M. & Arndt, H. A systematic review of informal language learning research: Sketching the contours of an emerging subfield. American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL), Portland, Oregon. March 2023.